Sunday, December 24, 2017 HOLY EUCHARIST 4:00 pm Welcome to St Barnabas, we are delighted that you re here! We hope you ll participate fully in our worship through singing, prayer and communion. May God richly bless you as you bless us Merry Christmas! ORGAN VOLUNTARIES Now sing we, now rejoice Paul Manz Gentle Mary laid her child What is this lovely fragrance? All stand as able at the sound of the tower bells: (sung by all) O come, all ye faithful 1. O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; come, and behold him, born the King of angels; (Refrain) O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. 3. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; glory to God, glory in the highest; (Refrain) 6. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; Jesus, to thee be glory given; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; (Refrain) THE OPENING ACCLAMATION Presiding Priest Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People And blessed be God s kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. THE COLLECT OF THE DAY Presiding Priest The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Presiding Priest Let us pray. O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. THE WORD OF GOD As our children offer the story of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we ask that you help us to maintain our worship by refraining from any photography, video or recording. Thank you. THE GOSPEL READING WITH S (seated) Luke 1:26-38; 2:1-20
Please join in the singing the carols. Silent night 1. Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright round yon virgin mother and child. Holy Infant, so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace. 2. Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight, glories stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing alleluia; Christ, the Savior, is born! Christ, the Savior, is born! Gabriel visits Mary O little town of Bethlehem 1. O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem Away in a manger 1. Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. 2. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky, and stay by my side until morning is nigh. Angels visit the Shepherds Hark! the herald angels sing 1. Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! Joyful, all ye nations, rise, join the triumph of the skies; with the angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King! The Shepherds go to Bethlehem Angels we have heard on high 1. Angels we have heard on high, Singing sweetly through the night, And the mountains in reply Echoing their brave delight. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. THE SERMON The Pageant - 2 -
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE (standing as able) The people pray responsively We pray for all of the people we love We pray for the people who are homeless and poor. We pray for sick people and people who are sad and lonely, and for people who have died. We pray for our church and our clergy. We pray for the leaders of our country and other countries. We pray for peace. We pray for visitors who have joined us this afternoon, remembering that in welcoming a stranger we may welcome angels unaware. We pray for ourselves that we may be loving and forgiving to each other as Jesus asked us to be. THE PEACE Presiding Priest The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And also with you. WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS (seated) THE HOLY COMMUNION At the offertory sentence, the people remain seated and offering of money is collected. (sung by all) Go tell it on the mountain HYMNAL 99 (Refrain) Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born! 1. While shepherds kept their watching o er silent flocks by night. behold, throughout the heavens there shone a holy light. (Refrain) 2. The shepherds feared and trembled when lo! above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Savior s birth. (Refrain) 3. Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was born, and God sent us salvation that blessed Christmas morn. (Refrain) - 3 -
Please rise as able as the bread and wine and money we offer to God for our nourishment and the life of the world are brought forward and presented at the altar. Presiding Priest People All things come from you, O Lord, and of your own have we given you. THE GREAT THANKSGIVING The people remain standing. People Presiding Priest People Presiding Priest People The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise. It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. Because you gave Jesus Christ, your only Son, to be born for us; who, by the mighty power of the Holy Spirit, was made perfect Man of the flesh of the Virgin Mary his mother; so that we might be delivered from the bondage of sin, and receive power to become your children. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name: HOLY, HOLY (sung by all) Angels from the realms of glory - 4 -
The Presiding Priest continues We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life. On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for all for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me. Therefore, according to his command, O Father, Presiding Priest and People We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory; The Presiding continues And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine. We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation. By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN. - 5 -
And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, THE LORD S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. ACCLAMATION AFTER THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD Presiding Priest Alleluia! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia! THE INVITATION TO COMMUNION The Presiding Priest says The gifts of God for the People of God. COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE This is the Lord s table around which we gather. All are encouraged to come forward and receive the Body and Blood of Christ in the bread and wine of the Eucharist. If you would like to receive a blessing, please come forward and cross your arms across your heart and receive a blessing. ORGAN VOLUNTARIES Chorale-Preludes on In dulci jubilo by J. S. Bach, M. Dupré. and J. G. Walther Lo, how a Rose e er blooming by John Carter THE POST-COMMUNION PRAYER (standing as able) Presiding Priest and People Almighty and ever living God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen. THE BLESSING (sung by all) Joy to the world! HYMNAL 100 sts. 1,2,4 1. Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing... 2. Joy to the world! the Savior reigns; let us our songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, repeat the sounding joy... 4. He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love... DISMISSAL The Presiding Priest, dismisses the people with these words Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. People Thanks be to God. PROCESSION ORGAN VOLUNTARY Choral-Fantasia on "In dulci jubilo" J. S. Bach - 6 -
MINISTERS OF THE LITURGY Presiding Priest Organist Pageant Narrator Pageant Director Prayers of the People Eucharistic Ministers Acolytes Usher Altar Guild Bread Bakers The Rev. Karen Haig Paul Roy Charlotte Miller Tamarah & Ben Rockwood Charlotte Miller Kerry Grant, Danielle Desaulniers Nova Rockwood, Glenn Rockwood, Charlotte Miller Bill Galvani/Don Cole All Hands Elaine Percival, Rosalys Peel - 7 -
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